(larger image) The time has finally come for you all to enjoy the fruits of our labor, the release version of our 1.20 Ming Update. Please do not report any issues with the update in this thread, instead post proper bug reports in our bug report forum. Thank you! And as usual, you should not load up any games started in 1.19.x in version 1.20. This will cause issues and unpleasant surprises. Especially if you are achievement hunting in Ironman, this will be a big problem for you. If you wish to finish any ongoing games, then please do so in 1.19.2. You can find instructions on how to play on a previous version here! Enjoy! ############################################################## ######################### 1.20 ############################### ############################################################## ################### # Free Features ################### - Devastation: Provinces now have devastation counter that goes from 0 to 100%. Scorched Earth & looting now increases this value instead of having separate modifiers. Unrest slowly increases it in a province as well. - Added Statistics button that opens End game/Statistics view to in-game menu. - The game now has four different ages. - Removed Absolute Monarchy from the game, and replaced with a scaling mechanic called Absolutim which is valid from Age of Absolutism. - Moved religious locks from before the year 1650 to be valid from script in Age of Discovery & Age of Reformation only. - added better and worse comparisons to other players in statistics page. - [Art of War] Automatic Fleet Transport now docks to pick up and drop off your armies when possible. - Replaced old Celestial Empire Factions with new ones that better fit history and their respective roles. - You can now decide to declare bankruptcy on your own if you have loans. - Units now use retreat animations during shattered retreat. - Strengthen Government now increases absolutism by +2. ################### # Gamebalance ################### - Mercenaries now get priority in entering the battle inside their unit type (e.g. mercenary infantry gets placed in the middle first) - State Maintenance is no longer 100% free in the capital area, but is instead -50%. - Capital State now also have +5% Instition Spread. - Province limit for CAS when forming SPA as ARA increased to 40. - Tech impact for administrative efficiency is now 0-30% instead of 0-60%, as absolutism impacts it 0-40% as well. - Events, decisions & other scripts tweaked to use absolutism. - Spies no longer are sent home when discovered, but instead have a -100% to network buildup during a year. - Stabhit peaceoffers have now been restored to 50% of the warscore, and only if warscore is at least 50%. - You can no longer call in allies that have a truce with someone you are attacking. - Prussian Militarisation is now 50% harder to maintain now. - Prussian Militarisation is now less impact on maintenance cost and manpower. - Victory Cards ticking up/down is now 10 years instead of 20 years. - Japanese Traditions are now 5% discipline instead of +10%. - Ottoman Millets are now 20% coring cost reduction instead of 33%. - You now get the final victory cards even if you haven't fullfilled previous ones. - A fully maxed victory card adds +1 score each month now. - Mercenaries now cost twice as much to reinforce. - Mercenary regiments now cost 10 more as base purchase price, for a static 20, 35 & 40 cost per regiment. - Reduced Liberty desire from development in vassals. 100% liberty desire at 500 development - Daimyos no longer count towards diplomatic relations for their overlord - Shogunate given additional diplomat and envoy travel time to compensate for Diplomatic Relations loss - Ayuthayan events now give 2 mercantilism rather than 7. - Can now only ask for at most 50% of another country's trade power. - Reduced Native American Tech 5 infantry unit pips from 6 to 4. - Reduced counting_coups idea from 15% morale to 10% - Spynetworks now decay while being discovered. - Liberalism now depends on Absolutism. - Non-tributary subjects are now exempt from most disasters. - Removed Protectorates, they are now all considered vassals instead. You can do divert trade & seize territory from vassals & send officers to marches. - Bankruptcies now have less impact on morale, unrest and autonomy, and only last 5 years. - Will now never be possible to form the the same tag more than once for one country. - Reduced amount of states from government and technology dramatically. - RNW should no longer generate areas with more than 5 provinces. - Having done unconditional surrender now impacts autonomy, war exhaustion and institution spread like you are at peace. - Devastation now slowly decline if you have unconditionally surrendered. - All owned provinces have 0 unrest while you have surrendered. - Nations that has unconditionally surrendered can not take loans, nor go below 0 in treasury, and will automatically dismiss all advisors each month. - Manually increasing development now also decreases devastation. - Colonies no longer generate unrest. - No longer possible to increase autoonomy if you don't have authority to lose. - Cavalry Ratios removed from techgroup, and added to other modifiers. Default is 50%. - Steppe Horde government now have +25% Cavalry Ratio. - Winged Hussars Idea gives +10% Cavalry Ratio now. - Happy Cossacks Estates give +10% Cavalry Ratio now. - Sunni Religion lost tolerance own, but gained +10% Cavalry Ratio. - Tengri lost 2 unrest, but gained +25% Cavalry Ratio. - Tengri now have 20% cheaper regiments, up from 10% cheaper regiments. - Subjects occupying a province for you will now automatically discover that province for you. - There is now a +5% bonus to colonising on the same continent as your capital. - Bankruptcy now adds devastation to provinces, and clears recent uprising flag. - The Eight Banners idea for Manchu increases the amount of banners you can raise by 25% for those that have MoH. - Trust gain on start of game is no longer the same for all subject types. - Trust loss on start of game due to Historical Rival now applies even for non-subjects. - Cancel Subject now has war score cost capped at 60% if it cancels PU in succession war over target country and 100% otherwise. - Sharing of maps can now be done when at war. - Independent Daimyos that become subjects to Shogun or Emperor will again become Daimyo government. - Nations in debt and running deficits can no longer buy ships. (aka, infinite money MP exploit.) - Rebel Occupation is now giving the occupied modifier like other occupation. - Devastation now have a far less impact on development cost. - Trade Companies no longer gets counted as territory when it comes to autonomy. - Subjects that count as independent (aka tributaries), no longer contribute to greatpower score. - In Debt calculations now calculates current interests, not the one at end of last month. (exploit stopper) - Going bankrupt now destroys all buildings built in the last 5 years. - Manually removing a province from a trade company now makes it not produce any goods for 5 years. - Devastation now have a minor impact on friendly and hostile movement speed. - Spices now reduce devastation monthly by 0.1 instead of increasing core-cost. - Provincial bonus from Wool is now +10% local movement speed. - You can now scorch hostile territory, and now scorching only adds a moderate amount of devastation, but also adds a -50% hostile movement penalty for 5 years. - Removed Colonial Nation penalty to Settler Chance and Colony growth. - Daimyo subjects no longer increase your forcelimit by 1. - A country is now considered to be in debt if having loans at more than 2 years of income. - You can now claim Defender of Faith even when current holder has positive prestige. - Core creation cost reduction cap changed from 90% to 80% (before admin efficiency and territorial core reductions). - Core creation time now can't go below 6 months. - Fixed bug with AI merchant placement. - Improved initial placement of merchants. - Colonial Nations can now start war with neighbours of another religion group. - Removed rule that you couldn't make a separate peace with the holder of the war goal province. - Deus Vult is now last idea in religous ideas. - Subject types that allow Embargo Rivals interaction no longer allow Subject to make their own embargoes. And much more that couldn't fit in a Steam announcement. You can go to our official forum to read the whole thing!

Main Features

• Make your own decisions: Nation building is completely flexible and the possibilities are endless.
  
• Use your Monarch Power: Experience the new system of monarch power where your choices are influenced by the caliber of the man or woman you have at the top and will direct the ebb and flow of gameplay.
  
• Experience history coming to life: The great personalities of the past are on hand to support you as you make your mark on thousands of historical events.
  
• Turn the world into your playground: Enjoy hundreds of years of gameplay in a lush topographical map complete with dynamic seasonal effects.
  
• Experience the all new trade system: The trade system adds a new dimension to the great trade empires of the period. Gain control of vital trade routes and make the wealth of the world flow to your coffers.
  
• Bring out your negotiating skills in a deeper diplomatic system: Use coalitions, royal marriages and support for rebels and explore the possibilities of the new unilateral opinion system.
  
• Engage in Cross-platform Multiplayer: Battle against your friends or try the co-operative multiplayer mode that allows several players to work together to control a single nation with up to 32 players. Featuring improved chat and new matchmaking servers.
  
• Create your own history & customize your game: Europa Universalis IV gives you the chance to customize and mod practically anything your heart may desire and uses Steam Workshop.

• Processor: Intel Core i3-2105 / AMD FX 4300Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 / AMD Radeon HD 5850Video Memory: 1 GB RAMIDIA GeForce 9600 or higher. 1024MB graphics memory requiredHard Drive:6 GB HD spaceOther Requirements:Broadband Internet connectionAdditional:GLSL 1.3. OpenGL 2.1. Controller support: 3-button mouse. keyboard and speakers. Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer

• Processor: Intel Core i3 3240 / AMD FX 8120Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 TiVideo Memory: 1 GB RAMHard Drive:6 GB HD spaceOther Requirements:Broadband Internet connectionAdditional:GLSL 1.3. OpenGL 2.1. Controller support: 3-button mouse. keyboard and speakers. Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer